                             ; A standard handler
                             (initializer core stats channel-group nil)))]
 
-       (TCPServer. host port equiv channel-group initializer core stats
+       (TCPServer. host port so-backlog equiv channel-group initializer core stats
                    (atom nil)))))

                    (.channel (:channel netty-implementation))
                    (.option ChannelOption/SO_REUSEADDR true)
                    (.option ChannelOption/TCP_NODELAY true)
                    (.childOption ChannelOption/SO_REUSEADDR true)
                    (.childOption ChannelOption/TCP_NODELAY true)
                    (.childOption ChannelOption/SO_KEEPALIVE true)

          (warn "forcefully closing connection from " (.remoteAddress channel)
                ". Client might be not reading acks fast enough or network is broken")
          (.close channel))))

    (channelRead [^ChannelHandlerContext ctx ^Object message]
      (try
        (handler @core stats ctx message)
